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SamuelשְׁמוּאֵלsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלallכָּלIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵל“Look,הִנֵּהI have listenedשָׁמַעְתִּיto your voiceבְקֹלְכֶםin allלְכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרyou saidאֲמַרְתֶּםto me,לִיand I have made a kingוָאַמְלִיךְ מֶלֶךְover you.עֲלֵיכֶם
1 Samuel 12:1
Study it in the app“Samuel said to all Israel, “Look, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and I have made a king over you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 12:1, word by word
- Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלshemuel
Samuel
Samuel, the name of two persons. One was a chief of the tribe of Simeon (Numbers 34:20). The best known is the son of Elkanah and Hannah, prophet and last judge of Israel, who anointed the kings Saul and David. The name sounds like "heard by El" or "name of El."
Where else “shemuel” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- I have listenedשָׁמַעְתִּיshamati
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shamati” appears- to your voiceקֹלְkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- and I have made a kingאַמְלִיךְamlich
make king
To set someone up as king, proclaim him and give him the throne.
Where else “amlich” appears- and I have made a kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And now, look, the king walks before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons, look, they are with you. And I have walked before you from my youth until this day.